Sales-check holder



Feb. 19, 1929. 1,702,727

r c. A. ERICKSON SALES CHECK HOLDER Filed Jan. 11, 1928 siie of 11m, pad of checkgand ya'ienied shlg),19 29; V

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S LES CHECK HOLDER- mas m holding was of hcks jfih'd my not chiiigq 'giaehed 'che-eks; m indicate 1 6 chafge-imiiqiiihg part of them d: in a notch of the belch the,

would teri e I inggind deb i5 1 (sf-a ched; fi'Om'th pad;-

5 To avoid slicfli an iiittfefhco with the detaching of the the ung; (if

holder'onWhich-back the .ijildistS. 11011 H1119, manindeed,the mjtgihr diificult to" Qp'grf with one hind Whl tithe OthihilldflSf holdiiig; fthefdgtzihed" bhf ck iii it s pmper position. 'lhls difficulty is enbbil r itefed bOt'h f L this Spimg 111- but W111 iwbiiite'rfer with the speedy from bkidily inovingjth With Ina-11y imh'is (if Comwimieh is is behome a;

pai -ts 6f th 11mm of the user,

deg-z paid-11:31 to the mc bf fth pad (if chcks',

aheckgiimvea, v

3 lbiii'g'itudimilnbfinn taken albhg ig. 5 is the line t3-6 of: Fig. 5 and lookin dor-xnward.

Fig. 'i' is a front elevation of another embodiment of my invention, with a pad of checks held by it, namely one in which the notcher casing is separately formed and is mounted with its axis transverse of the face of the checks.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section, taken along the line 8-8 01 Fig. 7 and lookii downward. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section, taken ale g the line 99 of Fig. 7 and looking upwar is.

In the embodiment of Figs. 1 to 1 inclusive, the holder body, the casing of the notcher, and the pad-latching tongue are all termed from a single strip or" sheet metal which for the greater v ai't of its length corresponds in width to the backot the holder.

flat back 1 (desirably longer than the padof check 2), a top 3 and a downwardly directedflange 1 overhanging the upper end 075 the pad.

The strip is also recurved below the lower end of the pad to torn a tubular notcher portion 5 01" the tongue, so'that the tip of ing the low and the tongue.

casing and a tongue 5 which extends in tront oi"? the back 1, which tongue has ts upper end disposed behind theoverhanging flange The metal employed preferably resih'e'nt. and the upper end portion of the tongue 5 is bent forwardly from the main the tongue will be spaced from the flange 4 by a distance less than the thickness of the pad of checks, when no pad is supported by the holder., 1 also desirably form one or more rearwardly and upwardly directed fingers 6 from the flange l, andl preferably locate the tipsot these fingers and of the tongue 5 so that they will underhang the usual wir stapling? of the pad of checks, thereby latehing the pad effectively in its inserted position. To sti: the forwardly inclined portion 5 of the tongue for this purpose, while also providing the resillency needed. to facilitate an Ql attaching or detaching or the pad, 1 preferably how the major tongue portion 5 forwardly away from the back and rigidly secure the tongue to the back below its'said bowed portion as for. example, by provid i end oi the tongue with lateral lingers 8 which are clinched respectively over the rmpositeedges of the back 1.

In the embediinentoit Figs. 1 to 3, the easiug'oi. the notcher is termed from. parts ot original metal stri p interposed between the strip parts which. are formed into the back These connecting portions are bent to form a casing top 9 leading rearwardly from the lower end of the back 1 to a casing back 10, which back is connected bya vertically V-sectioned front 11 to a casing ed in tlllS casing 1s a puncmng or notclung member 1.3 which normallyv is kept to the right is parallel tongue 17 formed from the notcher casing V limits the outward sliding oi the notching member, and an end finger 18 on the casing engages the end of the spring at the'letthand end of thecasing in Fig.1, while the other end of the spring engages the-mner lace of the head 16, as more fully disclosed in my copending application No. 245,866,

filed January 11,1928, on a check notcher;

in using the above described appliance, the

ficwward check is torn off the pad Qand the selected cl'large-numeral edge portion of the check inserted. in the notch 14 oi the notcher casing, after which the notching member is,

slid toward this notch (or toward the left in 1) to notch this selected portion of the ca k. During this hatching, the digital pressure on the head 16 of tl'ienotching member must be resisted and, since the notcher has its axis oll'set from the holder (as shown in 2) the notch-etlecting pressure will tend to rotate or twist the entire appliance in the hand which holds it. To avoid this, 1 provide a thrust-resisting flange 19 extendat right angles to the back 1, which flange desirably has its outward face in alinement with the end of the notcher casing toward which the note-hing member is moved. This flange is here shown as constituting the or] g inal tree edge portion of a part formed from the back 1 of the holder, this part being bent so that a' wall portronQO connects itwlth the back 1 and so that the free edge 01"- the flange 19 butts against the said back.

l l ith this provision, the thrust-receiving -flange 19, even though spaced longitudinally of the holder from the notcher'casing, can be substantially flush with the open endof the notcher casing and rigidly at right angles to the axis of that casing, as shown by Fig. (5. Consequently, the user who holds my appliance in his hand has the flangelt) resting flatwiso on a portion of the hand where it squarely resists the thrust of the spring during the inward forcing or the notching member, thereby elin'iinating any twisting of the holder in the hand oi? thenser. d ith the notch er extending ti nsversely bottom of the cas' V pri c ly have (he chci-leadniilling open or notch 14: in the notcher casing directed downwardly, but-l do not wish to be limited to this particular position of the said opening. I

Moreover, while 1 have heretofore seribed my invention in an embodiment inf which the notcher casing is integral with the 1 1 1 w r ood which the notcher is of the'g'eneral typedes scribed in my said copending application, I do not wish to be lim ted 1n these; respects.

across the which the axis of this casing LO the back oi the holder, andin ice Obviously, nia y -ch f 1 1-, ,w-Hv J;4 .inw1thout departing eltner iron; the splat my raven-no or ndnithe appended calms.

For exainple, Fir" 7 to 9 show ari'einbodiment in which the back '1. has Hilts lower end a lateral wing which is retrirved overlie the back and which Wing supports. a tubular:

Uuneh casino 22 while a )unch 23 is slidable i 7 in, thisrasing by pressme on the head 241 which is normally raised by a spring 25.' In this embodiment of my invention, the thrustreceiving flange 26 extends laterally from the back 27 and in aline'inent w ththe latter, and

this flange is shown as continuedby a forward flange 28 leading to a downwardly dithe appliance from rocking or twisting in.

his hand.

lVith each of these embodiments, it Willbe noted from Figs. tand 8 that the thrustresisting flange is one wall of a tubular forniation with its other wallsdisposed'for brac ing the projecting flange, thus aiior'ding adequate stiffness. Furthermore, by roundingthe connections between these walls at the (namely, between the walls 19 and I avoid having thehand' of the 7 us grasp a sharp edge. However, I do not wish to be limited in this respect, nor do I wishto be limited'to the use of the various novel-features of in; invention in conjunction with one another. '7

I claim as my inventioni 1. In a holder fora padof ineinber inade of strip ofresilient metal doubled onitself intermediate 01 its length to torn-i a tongue overlying a back, the free end of the vback being recurved to overhang hen the b, t 1055 oi the pad of checks, the tongue a portion thereof elinchedjto the back a COEEElClt-Tzll'iiQ distance from the -treeend he tongue; the tonguel' ving a portion ent to the said clinchii abut terminatthe hack. v

il, in a holderbr a padot clvclfs a body member made of a strip of resilient niet'al 'stoubled on itself intermediateofits length to form tongue overlying a back, the free end of the back being re'cur'ved to overhang I the free end of the tongue, the tongue being bent so that its'free end is spaced away from the back by a distance normally less than the thickness or" the pad of checks, thetongue having a portion thereof clinched to theback might that: n a, c nsid ring dist f' of the to1i'gue distance over the back.

. at and between the walls 26 and 28' checks, a body v notcher and the said finger e end oi" the tongue, the tongue beingi t that'its free end isflspaced away from bya dista n col-normally less than the,

which the notcher housing has its axis 1' short of its tree end, biweddaway from ward-otthe tongue, including aflan I nce fro the tree and o the toiiMw-hdvihg a penien thereof liminate "at. ticket a con iderable semen tree are s the wages are clinching beingspaced new the line g which the strip is enabled "and the e'; on hei-iig formed into a r a then: hotelier;

doubled on itselfiinteanediate of its length to form a tongue overlying a back, the free oi? the back being recurved to overhang I r .idi'a-liad'oi cheeks-,atady member made of a 1 strip 7 of v resilient metal thickness oi the pad' of checks, the tongue having aportion thereof clinched to the back at a considerable distance from the free end of the tongue; thetongue having'fingers at tance fronirthe free end of thetongue, clinched 4b. In a holder and notcher for a pad oi? checks, a body member"comprising a inetal strip extending behind the pad of checks and provided at itsupper end wlth means i'or gripping the pad, the said strip beirigiecurved at its lower end to iori'n a tubular notcher housing hav ng a wedge-shaped edge provided with. a. notch into wh ch a detached check may be inserted; and a notcher slidably *tthe Part of r p which extends behind the pad of checks, I a

holderand notcher as per claim at, in w ich the reeurved portion ofthe strip has a finger formed froin'it'to afford a partial closure for one end of the housing, in combination with a spring interposed betweenthe for retracting the notcher. I 7 f v .7. -.A holder and notcher asper claim 4,. in

.mounted in the said housing and adaptedflto lit) eluding a flange extending:transversely from I v the backsubstantially in alinement with tl:

inserted check; I

i of thenotcher housing toward which ,t'henotcheris slid dur ngthe notching oi' the 7 8D A holder andnotcher as per claim in A ntenrh tingrearwardlytransverse0t thebacl: in substantial aline nentwith the end of the notcher housing-.toward which the notcher is slid during the notchingof the inserted check,

'9. A combined'holder' and notched for a pad of checks, comprising a holder includ-Y ing'a back"overiapped'by the pad, anda not-cher disposedb'eyond one fedge of the, it

hack, the notcher including a housing and a notching member slidable in the housing,

Jsgun the holder having :1 flange spaced from and at right angles to the direction. in Which the notching member is slida ble, the flange being substantially in alinement with the end of the noteher housing toward Which the notching pad of checks, comprising a holder equipped at its upper end for grasping the pad, 21

note-heicasing carried by the lowerend. of 10 the holder and having its axis behind the back of the pad and parallel to the face of the pad, and a notehing member Slidebly mounted in the noteher casing.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, January 7, 15 1.928.

CHARLES A. ERICKSON. 

